Picture This-Using Images

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"Choose your words carefully around images. Choose your images to help your written message, whether they are graphic images or photography. Find the natural blend of words and pictures that complement each other. Allow both to share the spotlight in your blog and you will find the magic of photography enhancing the magic of your writing."
from Telling Your Story with Words and Images by Lorelle VanFossen on ProBlogger


Learning Targets

I will:
  • Use the writing process, visual media, image tools, and technology skills to express myself creatively.
  • Respect intellectual property and always give proper credit and attribution to all sources of media and information that I use
  • Use information and technology ethically and responsibly.
Credits and Attributions for "Picture This" Slideshow
'Photographers' by: Janne Moren; 'Silhouette Shooter' by: Thomas Hawk; 'Spectral' by: Andreas Levers;'five' by: Woodley Wonderworks; 'Sign: Get Social' by: Peter Bihr; Word cloud created by Wordle.net

Tips,Tools, and Tutorials

Copyright Friendly Image Sources
 Photo Editing Tools
 Tutorials and Help Sheets
 The Legal Stuff
 Examples
LibraryMosaicGray.jpg
EMS Media Portal
 Picnik
FotoFlexer
Big Huge Labs
BeFunky
pixlr
Sumo Paint
 Tutorial: Inserting Images into Your Posts
CC Licensing Your Own Work
Ten Tips for Using Images on the Web
Rule of Thirds for Images
Wanna Work Together? by Creative Commons
CC Licenses Explained
Public Domain Explained

Assignments

  • Plan a post that will incorporate visual imagery with your writing. Don't know what to write about? Try these suggestions. You must:
    • Use lawfully acquired images (ones that you take yourself or ones that are licensed for re-use),
    • Use picture editing tools to crop, color, and add effects
    • Create your blog post using your enhanced image or images to illustrate and enhance your post's topic.
    • Give proper attribution to the original creators of the images that you used (including yourself, if you took the pictures
  • Write a post reflecting on what you have learned so far in this E-Time class.

Standards Aligned Plan
Topics/Learning Targets/Timeline
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NETS Standards for Students
AASL 21st Century Learner
 Activities
Resources /Readings/Tutorials
Week 3: Ethical Use of Media
Learning Targets:
I will:
  • Use the writing process, visual media and image tools, and technology skills to express myself creatively.
  • Respect intellectual property and always give proper credit and attribution to all sources of media and information that I use.
  • Use information and technology ethically and responsibly.
 Grade 8 ELA Unit 1:
Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest. (CCSS: SL.8.5)
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
AASL 3: Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society.
NETS 3: Research and Information Fluency:
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
 Skills: Incorporate images into blog post that include proper attribution, manipulate images using online tools
  • Read/watch tutorials to learn about proper attribution
  • Read/watch tutorial to learn about adding images to blog posts
  • Find images that are licensed for reuse (creative commons, GNU, public domain)
  • Explore online resources that enable digital image manipulation
Blog Assignments:
  • Create a post that demonstrates the ability to manipulate and insert images and apply proper attribution
 Tutorial: Inserting Images into Your Posts
General Resources:
CC Licenses Explained
Public Domain Explained
CC Licensing Your Own Work
Ten Tips for Using Images on the Web
Rule of Thirds for Images
Photo editing:
Picnik
FotoFlexer
Big Huge Labs
BeFunky
pixlr
Sumo Paint